What is the time period that is acceptable to inquire to the firm as to whether or not they are going to give you a call back?

For example, tommorow it will be two full weeks since I interviewed with two firms, however I haven't heard anything from either one of them yet. (No rejection letter, yet no call-back) Should I e-mail my interviewer or call them tommorow if I haven't heard anything yet?

I did send thank-you letters the day after the interview, so they do know I'm alive still.

In another question, is anyone else getting sick of interviews and cock-tail receptions? I have interview number 10 in a two week period tommorow and I'm starting to wear a little thin on smiles and talking about myself. How is everyone else feeling about their situations?

This probably depends on where the firms are located. Although there are always exceptions, in my experience and that of my friends, NYC firms are usually very quick about extending callback offers, often making the invitation at the screening interview itself or within 2 days thereafter. By contrast, DC firms seemed to take a little longer, generally a week or so to extend offers.

Callback response time varies from firm to firm and from city to city. NYC firms are reportedly VERY quick, whereas other cities may take more time (maybe a week). Also, other factors could be whether the recruiting committee has met yet, how many layers of management it has to go through, etc.

You will get a callback within 48 hours from most firms. Smaller firms and offices will sometimes take longer.

Don't send thank-you notes after a screening interview. It's pointless and makes it look like you don't know what you're doing.

Really? I'll have to tell the Director of Career Services at my school that she's wrong and I actually shouldn't send a thank-you note. I'll let her know that she doesn't know what she's talking about, and she doesn't know what she's doing.

You will get a callback within 48 hours from most firms. Smaller firms and offices will sometimes take longer.

Don't send thank-you notes after a screening interview. It's pointless and makes it look like you don't know what you're doing.

Really? I'll have to tell the Director of Career Services at my school that she's wrong and I actually shouldn't send a thank-you note. I'll let her know that she doesn't know what she's talking about, and she doesn't know what she's doing.

Jackass.

Our career office also tells us it's unnecessary to send a thank-you note after the OCI screening interview (I guess because it won't arrive in time to make any difference anyway, and because employers really don't expect to receive a thank-you from each of the hundreds of such interviews they conduct through OCI). I'm relying upon their advice. But I don't see how sending the thank-you letter could hurt.

You will get a callback within 48 hours from most firms. Smaller firms and offices will sometimes take longer.

Don't send thank-you notes after a screening interview. It's pointless and makes it look like you don't know what you're doing.

Really? I'll have to tell the Director of Career Services at my school that she's wrong and I actually shouldn't send a thank-you note. I'll let her know that she doesn't know what she's talking about, and she doesn't know what she's doing.

Jackass.

Well, frankly, you probably should let her know that she's giving terrible advice. A thank-you note will make no difference unless you make some kind of error, in which case it will hurt you. And it's simply implausible for students doing 20+ 20-minute interviews in the span of a few days to send out meaningful notes to employers, especially since firms generally make their decisions before the notes would arrive. This is the advice the OCS at a good school would give you.